Hi JoAnne, I think you have the wrong Nancy. Sorry, this is not part of our family. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne" <connors1@bellsouth.net> To: <IRL-WATERFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: [WATERFORD] Prendergast/O'Donnell Cappoquin > Hi Betty and Nancy...I have been in touch with both of you before and am glad you may have found a connection between the O'Donnells and Prendergasts of Cappoquin. > My gm Josephine Prendergast was born (1908 NYC) to Gerald Prendergast and Bridie O'Donnell and sent back to Cappoquin to be raised on the Prendergast farm after Bridie died of TB(the farm still stands,locked unoccupied my aunts visited it this past summer). 2 of my gm uncles father Pat and father John O'Donnell > were priests in NYC (Bridie's brothers..I believe their father was a Thomas O'Donnell of Lismore) I also have their sister an Ellen O'Donnell married to a Morrissey. I do feel these O'Donnell and Prendergasts of Cappoquin are all related. MY Gerald Prendergast was son of Thomas Prendergast and Mary (Coleman) his sister was a Kate (perhaps Betty, Thomas born circa 1860 was related to your William and Kate ) I am trying to obtain some death certificates for my o'donnells to establish parents and then obtain Waterford birth certificates..may also solicit help from heritage ctr. > Hope to connect these families in the future. Best regards > Joanne > genmaillist@attbi.com > << I am seeking connections to the family of: > > Lawrence & Ellen O'DONNELL > married 04 February 1855 Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland. > >> > > In my Prendergast records I find that Maria Prendergast, baptized 1880, was > baptized in St. Mary's Catholic Church, in Cappoquin, Co Waterford. > Her God Parents were Catherine and Patrick O'Donnell. > Maria's parents were Kate Harris and William Prendergast from Lyre, Lismore, > Co Waterford, very near Cappoquin. > > Another Prendergast baptism was Ellen Prendergast, 1884, God Parents, Morris > Donnell & Bridget Prendergast. > > And Margaret Prendergast, baptized 1877, God Parents were Patrick Prendergast > and Maria Donnall. > > And still another,,,,James Prendergast, baptized 1889, God Parents were > Jacobo Donnell & Maria Hann. > > Seems that the O' may have been mistakenly omitted in recording the last few > records. > > I would think that there must have been a connection with the Prendergast and > the O'Donnell families. > > Other names recorded as God Parents and whitnesses to William and Kate > Harris' children are: > Maloney, Heffernan, Maria Morrissey, Jacob Morissey, Patrick Morrissey. > > My husband's grandfather, Patrick Prendergast, s/o William and Kate , (nee > Harris), Prendergast, married Catherine Sweeney, from Crow Hill, Cappoquin, > just above Mt Melleray Monistery, and they came into the port of South > Boston, MA in 1904. They remained in South Boston and somerville, MA all > their lives. > > Do any of these names ring a bell with you? > > B. Prendergast > > > > ==== IRL-WATERFORD Mailing List ==== > Submit your Waterford Surnames: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat2/registry.htm >